Muscle Building Articles

Want to build muscle? You're in the right place. These articles will teach you how to build muscle by developing the right nutrition and workout plans for your lifestyle and goals. If you're a beginner we recommend reading our how to build muscle expert guide first.

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Ultimate Triceps Training: Increase Your Arm Size In 16 Weeks
Dustin Elliott goes into detail about important tricep exercises, and presents effective triceps workouts that will increase your arm size in only 16 weeks.
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Outdoor Muscle Building Activities
Getting bored and looking to switch things up? Lee Boyce shows you some easy ways to take your training session outside and get the most benefit.
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Build Bigger Biceps: Curls With A Twist
Take your bicep development to the next level with this simple but potent tip from Cory Gregory. Get your twist on during incline dumbbell curls and build bigger arms.
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Luck of the Draw: Get Jacked with a Deck of Cards
It's time to take a risk where the inevitable payout is solid gains! Check out Coach Myers' Luck of the Draw workout, with two variations to get you swole!
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Bringing Up Your Biceps
Are your biceps lagging behind? Jim Brewster helps you get into the growth zone with effective bicep building workouts.
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5 Impactful Workouts to Build Your Lagging Body Parts
Do you have a body part that is noticeably lagging compared to your other muscle groups? Address it with one of these 5 workouts designed to pack on mass!
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Is Bodybuilding A Narcissistic Activity?
Muscle building is more than just some mindless activity that involves staring into the mirror. There are many positive reasons to build bigger muscles and change your physique.
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Training The Posterior Chain: Barbell Good Morning
Is your lower back and core a weak link in the chain? Cory Gregory presents you with several barbell good morning variations that will help you build strength and muscle.
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Add Exercises That Stretch Your Muscle for More Gains!
Can't seem to bust your muscle building plateau? Stretching might help... stretching exercises that is. Perform these stretching exercises for more gains!
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Stimulating New Muscle Growth Using HIT
Resurrect your muscle gains using high intensity training. In this article, Dr. HIT David Groscup shows you how to decrease your volume and improve your results.
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My Top 5 Musts For Success In Bodybuilding
Natural pro bodybuilder and Scivation sponsored athlete RJ Perkins talks about the importance of passion, drive, determination, dedication and patience.
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5 Potent Tips To Beef Up Your Biceps And Triceps
Most arm training workouts are inefficient and stuffed with too much volume. Learn how to improve your bicep and tricep sessions with these 5 easy to understand arm building tips.
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Your Quest At Chiseling Rock-Hard Abs!
A 10 part muscle building super series. Part 5 focuses on building the abs, and includes abs anatomy, exercises and workouts for every need.
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Big On The Basics: Bench Press With Powerlifter Garrett "Gunz" Griffin
Powerlifter Garrett "Gunz" Griffin is famous for his big bench. He shares his start-to-finish tips on having your biggest bench ever!
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Thrash Your Triceps Using These 9 Training Methods
Don't just work your triceps, thrash your triceps! These 9 tricep building methods from Brad Borland are designed to help you pack on arm size and bust out of your t-shirts.
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How To Build A Massive Barn Door Back!
A 10 part muscle building super series. Part 1 focuses on building the back, and includes back anatomy, exercises and workouts for every need.
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 Lessons From Lifters: 4 Mistakes You Don't Want To Make
When you're new to lifting, you want to get huge right away. But many new trainees make these common mistakes. Learn how to build size the right way!
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8 Surefire Ways to Sabotage Your Gains
Self-sabotage is wreaking havoc on your ability to gain muscle mass. Make sure you're avoiding these 8 mistakes and build muscle faster than ever before!
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Paralysis By Analysis: 10 Reasons You're Not Making Gains
Think less, lift more. Words to live by if you're the type who thrives on details but never makes progress.
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72 Muscle Building Questions All Answered With Yes
Do you even lift, bro? Yes, yes and yes! Well if you do, then you'll know all the answers to these lifting questions. If not, you're missing out on all kinds of gains.
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9 Intense Ways To Challenge Your Biceps
When it comes to bicep training, think you've heard it all before? Think again. Brad Borland presents 9 new and effective ways to blast your biceps into new growth.
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From Cutting to Bulking: Let the Mass Gains Commence
Switching from a cut to a bulk is more than just eating all the food. Check out these changes you should make in your diet and training to maximize your gains.
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10 Lessons Learned in 25 Years Under the Bar
Brad Borland has learned a lot in his 25 years of strength training. Now he's sharing 10 lessons with you on how to make the most of your training.
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50 Strength & Muscle Building Tips You Should Know
What do you need to make quality gains? While most lifters rush towards complexity and training overkill, what they really need simplicity and training refinement.
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4 Exercises to Help You Set a New Deadlift Personal Record
Completely shatter your current deadlift personal record by performing these 4 exercises! Learn which exercises to perform to make your deadlift max jump!
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Why Does Every Workout System Seem To Work?
Here's the great muscle building mystery: why is it that so many workout systems appear to work, yet 90% of lifters are struggling to make decent gains? Find out...
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The Ultimate Guide to Building Massive Arms
Build the biggest arms you genetically can with this ultimate guide to building massive arms! Read to learn more about arm-specific exercise selection!
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The Ultimate Guide to Building Massive Legs
Say goodbye to your skinny legs forever with this ultimate guide to building massive legs. This guide covers exercise selection for the quads & hamstrings.
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Tips For Achieving Effective Muscle Gains
6 tips for boosting gains. Learn about the tie between form and performance, and why you should change workouts every 3-4 weeks.
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Another 4 Reasons Why You're Still Small & Weak
Find out how to improve your gym results by learning the art of patience, properly managing your bulks, evolving your training and setting down your cell phone.
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4 Ways Inflammation Affects Muscle Growth
Most people don't truly understand the effects of inflammation and the benefits/consequences it has on muscle growth. Read this article to learn more.
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6 Resistance Training Myths That Never Die
You head the myths before: weight lifting stunts growth, women who lift get bulky, higher reps are better for toning. Set aside the nonsense and find out the real truth.
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Avoid The Seven Deadly Muscle Building Sins!
Maximize your results by lowering stress levels, learning to be patient, being persistent, finding balance, and avoiding ego training and overtraining.
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Rest More, Lift More: The Secret Sauce for Turning Seconds into PRs
Learn the importance of rest periods in between your sets and how you can manipulate them into building greater strength on all of your major lifts!
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5 Post-Workout Essentials For Recovery & Growth
Brad Borland helps you to amp up your post-workout nutrition and increase your muscle growth and recovery by including more than a simple whey shake after your workouts.
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6 Exercises Needed to Boost Chest Growth
Build a big, wide, and muscular chest with these 6 simple movements. Sprinkle them into your chest workouts and experience the gains for yourself!
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7 Habits Of Highly Effective Bodybuilders
Bodybuilding is about more than just mindlessly moving weight. Learn how to refine your goals, and along with them your training, diet and supplementation plans.
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Increasing Weekly Training Volume
Faheem Chauhan teaches you how to safely increase training volume and intensity while reducing the risks of injury and overtraining.
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Build A Bigger Deadlift With These 5 Tips
I didn't attempt a deadlift until the age of 40. Now it is my favorite lift. In this article I present some of the keys that have helped me draw close to an 800 pound raw pull.
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Core Strength III: 4 New Extreme Core Exercises
If there's one thing Coach Myers is known for it's having an extremely strong core. Check out 4 more of his favorite core movements to build core strength!
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6 Quad Building Hacks for Larger Legs
Stop neglecting your legs and start building massive quads. These 6 quad building hacks and exercises are exactly what you need to spark quad muscle growth.
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Destroying Arms At Diamond Gym With Roman Fritz
Build monster-sized biceps, massive forearms, and bulging triceps with IFBB Pro and Animal-sponsored Roman Fritz's arm-destroying routine!
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Beginners Guide To Building Solid Six Pack Abs
Bodybuilder Alex Stewart details the anatomy of the abdominals and core and presents you with five effective workouts that can help you build a thick six pack.
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Nonlinear Periodization: Workouts Centered Around Daily Victories
The problem with linear periodization is that it assumes you'll have the same training energy for every workout. Try nonlinear periodization for daily gains!
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Another Reason Your Muscle Building Program Sucks
Must all exercises be performed with a full range of motion to build muscle? Jason Ferruggia says no. Find out how partial reps can help increase your workout results.
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Training Intensity: Are You Training Hard Enough?
When it all comes down it, how much effort do you truly put into your muscle building program? Can you honestly say that you are working as hard as you possibly can?
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Brutally Intense 155 Rep Workout Finishing Technique
Don't let your progress at the gym plateau, switch up your routine with this effective workout that's guaranteed to push you to your limits!
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Developing & Showcasing Eye-Popping Abs
It's time to build and show off your six pack! This article discusses abs training frequency, abs workout structure, training technique, the use of weight and more.
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How To Optimize Fat Loss & Muscle Building
This article provides specific advice on how to approach the fat loss and muscle building process for individuals currently carrying around some unwanted body fat.
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Want to build muscle? You're in the right place. These articles will teach you how to build quality lean muscle mass. If you're a beginner we recommend reading our how to build muscle expert guide first.